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Great animation of the Foucault pendulum, thank you. I really love it, with the picture, and reflection etc. Of course I like the others you made as well, but this was the first I saw today. Keep up the good work! Regards, Elly 15:43, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Just wanted to say I came across that image, that's an amazing image. Most animations (of that complexity) that are gif's usually look like crap. That image looks amazing. Bawolff 01:27, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

The arrangements for the Commons Picture of the Year 2006 competition are now complete, and voting will start tomorrow, Feb 1st. All the featured pictures promoted last year are automatically nominated. As the creator of one or more images nominated for the election we invite you to participate in the event. Alvesgaspar 12:02, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi, this is Mathias Schindler from the German language Wikipedia. A couple of months, DDL requested his user page to be locked. A few weeks later, we received word that DDL is no longer alive. I still don't have first hand knowledge but another community where he contributed to confirmed his suicide. It still hurts. -- 217.51.5.171 16:17, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

I saw his animation on Wikimedia picture's of the year. It is a great loss to Wikimedia to lose someone that talented. RIP DDL.--82.23.6.177 10:58, 20 March 2007 (UTC)